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Early Days of Aspen by Benjamin Herbert Gilbert
Written by Benjamin Herbert Gilbert, as an unpublished manuscript circa 1975, the paper provides insights into the early history of Aspen.
Introduction:
Since my subject concerns the Aspen, Colorado of many years ago, I will mention the names of my immediate family who lived in Aspen in the 18906 and 1900s–most of us for several years. 11)r father, Henry Gilbert, was born in Camborne, Cornwall, England in 1852, and moved to Jersey City, New Jersey in 1872. He moved to Central City, Colorado in 1879. Annie Rule was born in Camborne in 1858. With her mother, Hannah Rule, she moved to Boulder, Colorado. Henry Gilbert and Annie Rule were married in Boulder in 1880.
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